Italian Journeys
by Howells, W.D., Illustrated by Joseph Pennell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1901. Decorative Cloth. No Jacket. First edition of this title with Pennell illustrations. Green cloth with decorative gilt stamping on cover and spine. Illustrated wi th numerous plates. Netting exposed at front inner gutter and cloth shows blemish on front cover, spine slightly darkened. Still a very good copy, solidly bound and internally clean.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002345
- Title
- Italian Journeys
- Author
- Howells, W.D., Illustrated by Joseph Pennell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- JOSEPH PENNELL, TRAVEL, ITALY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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